{"id":368691,"date":"2017-11-06T14:26:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T14:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=368691"},"modified":"2017-11-06T14:26:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T14:26:50","slug":"agric-students-back-to-class-after-assurances-over-allowance-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/agric-students-back-to-class-after-assurances-over-allowance-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"Agric students back to class after assurances over allowance payment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students of the five Colleges of Agric have called off their three-week-old\u00a0boycott of lectures after receiving assurances from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture that they will be paid the allowances soon.<\/p>\n

The students of Kwadaso Agric College, Ejura Agric College, Ohawu Agric College Damongo Agric College and Animal Health and Production College, Pong-Tamale had deserted their classrooms<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0earlier in\u00a0October, in protest of the failure by government to restore their allowances.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”hhHvwkwYMnC9vZf2JX8htBB3NIcPq76w”]Prior to that, they had\u00a0besieged the premises of the Agric Ministry<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in Accra over their grievances.<\/p>\n

The Ministry\u00a0of Agriculture had earlier announced\u00a0that,\u00a0it had tabled the request from the students for the restoration of the allowances before Cabinet.<\/p>\n

But the students had expressed discontent with the Ministry after\u00a0there were no further updates of a possible restoration of the allowances, forcing the students\u00a0to ditch their classes in an attempt to compel the government to act.<\/p>\n

It appears their move has been successful, after they received assurances from the Agric Ministry that talks had been held with the Ministry of Finance on the restoration of the allowances.<\/p>\n

According to the President of the Agricultural Colleges Students Union, Samson Chimbur Sanika, officials of the Ministry had informed them about the latest developments and assured them that an announcement would be made after the students return to their classrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe the five agricultural colleges have been engaging the Ministry of Agric to come clear to address the issues because academics is very important to the students. We were saying that it\u2019s wrong for students to stay at home. We had meetings with them and they\u2019ve shown us that they are coming to pay the allowances. They\u2019ve had meetings with the Ministry of Finance and shown us the documents. He has agreed clearly to pay us,\u201d he told Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t be at home to take the money so we must report back and they\u2019ll start the due process as soon as possible, so we should get the students back to the campus and then they\u2019ll come clear. I know that they must pay us and they will, based on what they are telling me.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘Agric students being disregarded’<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President of the Kwadaso Agric College\u2019s Students Representative Council (SRC), Stanley Mensah, stated at the time of the boycott that, the action had become necessary because of the apparent disregard for Agric\u00a0students across the country by the government.<\/p>\n

He insisted that, despite the negative implications of their boycott, they were justified in their demands, as unlike the nurses and teachers, they weren\u2019t guaranteed jobs and needed the allowances to\u00a0survive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think that either somebody is not being fair or something is wrong somewhere. That is why we believe that all the students have to come together, leave the premises of the school until the Ministry is done with the processes to get our allowances for us. We are not being treated fairly, and are not being regarded in the country, so there\u2019s no need for us to be on campus. We took our books and our\u00a0items,\u00a0and vacated the premises of the school. As we speak, if you go to Damongo, Kwadaso or any college in Tamale, the schools are virtually empty and nobody\u2019s there,\u201d he told\u00a0Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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By: Edwin Kwakofi & Michael Ogbodu \/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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